The new town has a new look, but some places still resemble the old town.

In the middle of the tall city gate, the Junshui River flows slowly, and the plaque carved by the arch above the head is engraved with the word 'Jingxin'.

On the bluestone paved roads on both sides of the river, people come and go, and it is very lively.

Ning Baifeng looked at the city gate in front of him, which was very different from other places in the world, and his thoughts seemed to go back to when he had just come here.

There was a beggar boy who ran around the city and outside the city with bruises all over his body in order to survive.

For 10 years, everything has felt like yesterday.

Yuan Tai shrugged his nose and said, "It's so heavy fireworks, it shouldn't be a temple fair or something in the city." Young master, this is where you lived back then?"

Ning Baifeng nodded with a sigh, "It's more appropriate to say that it is survival, at that time, begging along the street and catching monsters was not less." ”

The little girl was surprised: "Uncle Ning has also been a beggar?"

She didn't believe it a little, in his opinion, how could Uncle Ning, who had always been dressed in white and personable, still be a beggar.

Nie Hongzhu stood aside and didn't say anything, because he had listened to his son-in-law's past experience in detail and knew about the painful teenage years.

Ning Baifeng laughed, "That's not it, I begged all over the streets along the river back then." ”

As he spoke, he took the little girl and walked towards the city, telling about his "great achievements" as he walked.

The new city is also like the old city, and the streets on both sides of the river are the most lively and bustling.

However, the building is obviously a little new, unlike the original Coastal City, where the gray and white walls peel off into pieces, revealing the green bricks inside.

The direction of the streets in the city, except for the streets along the river, has all changed, perhaps because the Daning Ministry of Industry has the original drawings of the old city, so that the most central position is still a tall county office.

In a wide street on the other side of the county office, the crowd rubbed shoulders one after another, beating gongs and drums, and the sound of noisy shouts was endless.

As Yuan Tai said before, today is the City God Temple Fair.

Previously, the Hebo Temple outside the city was so deserted, presumably this is the reason.

Ning Baifeng stood on the bank of the river, watched quietly for a moment, and then turned to leave.

didn't go far, and an old man with a clear face carrying a sugar gourd walked down on a barrage stone arch bridge in front of him.

Three or five children kept circling around the old man, singing nursery rhymes and playing around.

Ning Baifeng walked over and asked with a smile, "Old man, how much is a string of sugar gourds?"

The old man smiled and put the sugar gourd in front of him, and stretched out five fingers, "Five cents, it is guaranteed to be very sweet." ”

A few children circling around immediately shouted very sweetly.

Ning Baifeng looked back at the little girl behind him and asked with a smile, "Do you want to eat?"

The little girl nodded in agreement.

Ning Baifeng's right hand hanging down his sleeve moved, and a coin that was different from ordinary copper coins appeared in his hand.

"Old man, come to two strings and pick the big one. ”

Ning Baifeng handed the money to the old man Qingyi.

The child next to him couldn't see Ning Baifeng's movements, but when he saw the coin in his hand, he immediately shouted, "You can only buy two fruits for a penny, you can't buy a bunch." ”

The old man glanced at the coin, looked at the young man in front of him, and then swept his gaze over the others.

Only stayed on the hunchbacked old man for a moment longer.

Then, the old man smiled and scolded the children around him, "Go and go, what kind of mess." ”

Then the old man turned around, stretched out his hand to catch the coin, and smiled happily: "Okay, son, wait a minute." ”

After speaking, the old man's palm was withdrawn and flipped naturally, and the coin disappeared. Then he carefully picked two bunches of sugar gourds with big fruits and handed them to the young man in white.

Ning Baifeng took the sugar gourd and handed it to the little girl, "Why don't you two eat a string for each person, eat slowly, don't choke." ”

The little girl bites directly

The next fruit, chewing crunchy and relishing.

The other children next to him salivated.

Ning Baifeng looked at the old man, smiled and nodded, "Excuse me, farewell." ”

The old man chuckled, "Go slowly, don't send it." ”

Very ordinary meeting, very calm separation.

It is also like a guest from a foreign country who meets in Pingshui.

After walking a long way down the street.

Yuan Tai suddenly sighed and said, "Young master, you can only buy two strings of sugar gourds with a Tongbao money, which is really a big loss." If you add another one, you can buy the brush with the sugar gourd in his hand. ”

If a Tongbao coin is exchanged for secular silver money, it can be piled up into a hill and only used to buy two strings of sugar gourds, which is no longer something that a loser can describe.

Ning Baifeng bit the sugar gourd and looked at the little girl with a smile, "Sweet or not?"

The little girl had brown sugar juice on the corner of her mouth, and nodded in satisfaction in response.

Ning Baifeng gently spit out a kernel and replied very casually: "That brush is the guy used by the city god for dinner, and it won't be sold for any amount of money......

"That's the ——?! of the city god," the little girl ate the sugar gourd, her face full of surprise.

Then because of the sudden sound, I was choked by the kernel and coughed non-stop.

The sudden exclamation made all the pedestrians around him look at this side.

Ning Baifeng squatted down, patted the little girl on the back, spit out a fruit pit, fell into the river next to it, and was swallowed by a passing swimming fish.

After confirming that the little girl was fine, Ning Baifeng turned his head to look at Yuan Tai, and said as he walked: "Besides, I have lived here for two years, and I can be regarded as inheriting the favor here." Since the city god dares to accept it, a treasure coin can be regarded as a return of grace, and since then, it has nothing to do with this place. ”

Yuan Tai pinched the flask and took a sip of wine and laughed softly.

Our young master is really a person who can live, a treasure money, buy out all the entanglements in the future, money and affection, affordable!

The little girl looked back, and in the midst of the people coming and going, the old man carrying the sugar gourd was long gone.

She glanced down at the sugar gourd in her hand, and suddenly raised her head and asked, "...... the children around the old man?"

Ning Baifeng replied with a smile: "Those are the boys that the City God used to sweep the court. ”

Perhaps those boys were once ghosts, but they were only transformed by the city god and became their subordinates.

When leaving the city, Yuantai looked back at the bustling markets on both sides of the river in the city, and his eyes wandered to the tower of the City God's Temple filled with fireworks, and suddenly sighed in his heart.

Poor and remote, it is really easy to see money.

I don't know how he would feel if one day, this city god knew that he had missed out on the sojourn of a great monk because of his greed.

At that time, it is estimated that it will not be the intestines that will be repentant, and there is a chance that it will be repentant.

Soon after.

There was no one outside the city, and several people flew away in the clouds.

......

......

Thousands of miles away, it took a long time back then.

Now driving the cloud sword, it is only half a day.

The city walls of Xiangyun Mansion, which were once destroyed by a great war, have long been restored and are even more magnificent than the original.

It is only because the current Xiangyun City, under the promotion of the Daning Imperial Court, has long been promoted from the government to the county and has become the county of Xiangyun.

Walking through the city, its prosperity is far greater than the scenery.

However, no matter how lively the city is, it still can't affect the Xiangyun Academy in the north of the city.

Ning Baifeng did not go to Xiangyun Shuize, nor did he go to his own Jingui Courtyard outside the city, but came directly to Xiangyun City.

Stand under the torii outside the hill of the academy.

Ning Baifeng looked up at the plaque above, the four characters of Xiangyun Academy were still the same, and the words "teaching" and "solving doubts" on the left and right sides showed that this was still a place to study.

Back then, he went up and down from here, and then plunged headlong into the world

In the midst of the rolling torrent.

Climb the mountain.

There is an extra pavilion at the end of the stairs, and the pavilion hangs a plaque with the word 'Zhike'.

A young man in a white academy uniform sat in the pavilion, holding a book and reading it intently.

Ning Baifeng walked into the pavilion and reached out and gently tapped on the table.

The young man who reads awakens.

What caught my eye was a man in white with a bamboo cane on his waist and a purple gourd.

"I'm sorry, but I forgot to treat guests while I was so focused on reading. ”

The young man said apologetically, "Is there something wrong with my friend coming to the academy?"

Ning Baifeng nodded with a smile and said, "I want to visit Professor Robben and the Mountain Master of the Academy." ”

The young man who reads is slightly stunned.

In the college teachings, how can there be such a person as Robben?

But soon he reacted, "You want to visit Lord Luoshan?"

Ning Baifeng was also stunned.

The old mountain lord's surname is Luo?

Immediately, he understood that the Luo Mountain Lord that the young man was talking about was Roben.

Ning Baifeng didn't ask much, and said: "My name is Ning Baifeng, I lived in the academy for a while ten years ago, and I am an old acquaintance with Lord Luoshan. ”

The young man who was reading glanced at Ning Baifeng again, and then saw the hunchbacked old man standing outside the pavilion, the woman with the sword on his back, and the girl in purple.

Another family who wants to go through the back door, let their children go to the academy to study, and their parents travel to other places?

He has seen this situation a few times, and he has no intention of looking down on the other party.

I just think that such parents are too ruthless.

However, the more I read, the more I know that every family has a scripture that is difficult to read, and I have no intention of persuading him.

The young man sighed softly, "Please wait here for a moment. ”

Ning Baifeng nodded, watching the young man enter the academy.

White walls and green tiles, lush forests.

Xiangyun Academy, as it was back then, has not changed at all.

Behind the courtyard wall, there was still a faint sound of reading.

After a short time, Robben, who was dressed in plain white clothes, greeted him in person.

The young man who followed behind was full of astonishment.

The mountain lord, who had always had a serious face, actually showed a rare smile after hearing this person's name, and came out to greet him faster than him.

Emperor Daning has never received this treatment.

This person has the same surname as the country, could it be a prince who travels abroad under a pseudonym?

But how could the prince get such courtesy.

Ning Baifeng looked at Robben who came over and respectfully performed the academy salute.

"You're back. ”

Robben gently condoled, as if looking at the academy students who had returned from a long trip, and his heart was full of relief.

The young man in front of him has long since faded from the youthfulness he had when he entered the academy.

Ning Baifeng straightened up and nodded with a smile, "I'm back." ”

One question and one answer, it seems to be bland but not bland.

Robben stretched out his hand and patted Ning Baifeng on the shoulder, and his eyes fell on the other people.

There was no need to ask, Ning Baifeng took the initiative to introduce: "My servant and sword attendant, the little girl is entrusted by others to take care of her. ”

Robben sighed and nodded.

The misery boy who was sheltered in the past has now grown into a high-spirited boy who can shelter others.

The world has changed, and it is amazing.

Robben said softly: "The road is difficult, and it is not easy to travel far. Now that I'm back, I'll take a good rest, and by the way, I will take a test to see if I have continued to study seriously over the years. ”

Obviously, this is already a junior of the academy who has returned from many years of travel.

When he left the academy, Robben said that he should not forget to continue studying.

Ning Baifeng's heart was like drinking elixir, and his whole body was like a spring breeze, and he said with a smile: "In my spare time, I am still reading, and I have never slacked off." ”

Robben chuckled with relief and led a few people into the academy.